Patient Education Resources

Intensive Care Unit - Getting You Moving - Cape Breton Regional Hospital

This pamphlet provides tips on how to get moving while you are in the Intensive Care Unit and discusses why it's important. This pamphlet is also available in French.

Intensive Care Unit - Valley Regional Hospital

This pamphlet gives important information for support persons visiting patients in the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) at the Valley Regional Hospital.

Intensive/Coronary Care Unit - Dartmouth General Hospital

This pamphlet outlines what to expect when your family member is admitted to the Intensive/Coronary Care Unit at the Dartmouth General Hospital.

Interaction des contraceptifs avec les médicaments – sugammadex et/ou aprépitant

Les médicaments anesthésiques qui vous ont été administrés pour votre opération peuvent modifier l'efficacité de votre contraceptif hormonal. Ce dépliant vous indique pendant combien de temps vous devez utiliser une méthode contraceptive additionnelle après votre opération. This pamphlet is also available in English.

Intermittent Clean Catheterization

Intermittent clean catheterization is a way to drain urine (pee) from your bladder at different times. This pamphlet explains why you may need to use a catheter, how to put the catheter in, and how to wash your catheter.

Internal and External Condoms

Condoms are birth control devices that prevent semen (the fluid that contains sperms) from entering a vagina or an anus. When semen is released inside a vagina, it may reach an egg and fertilize it, causing a pregnancy. This pamphlet explains what internal and external condoms are, how they work, what to do if a condom breaks, and what to do if your partner does not want to use a condom.

Interpretation and Translation Services at Nova Scotia Health and IWK Health

It is important to understand information about your health care. Language barriers can cause confusion, mistakes, or gaps in care. This pamphlet gives information about interpretation and translation services at Nova Scotia Health and IWK Health.

Intimacy in Long-term Care

The team at Harbourview Lodge supports elders’ decisions to have intimate relationships. We promote a respectful and non-judgmental environment. This pamphlet explains why expressing sexuality is an important part of the aging process.

Intravenous (I.V.) Iron Infusions

Iron is a mineral that the body needs to make red blood cells. This pamphlet outlines the symptoms of iron deficiency, treatment, and information about intravenous (I.V.) iron infusions.

Intravenous (I.V.) Iron Infusions - Medical Day Unit

This pamphlet explains the procedure to get intravenous (I.V.) iron infusions to treat iron deficiency (low iron levels).